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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18
TRAPPING GRIZZLIES.
How Savage Monsters of the Eastern
Mountains Were Caught with Mice,

How Savage Monsters of the Eastern
Mountains Were Caught with Mice.
I'm the days / speak of. we used to
think there was more danger in trap
ping the grizzly bear than there was
in chasing him with the rifle. dare
say from most of my old hunting
grounds the grizzly bear was driven
long ago, and probably the method Of
trapping these monsters has changed
since then. Our traps used to be pom
derous iron implements, weighing be-
tween forty and fifty pounds, and with
steel jaws worked by springs so stiff
that it required two men, using lever,
to force them down SO the jaws of the
trap could be set and held open by the
easily sprung pan. To the trap strong
chain was attached, with an iron ring
six inches in diameter at the other end.
This ring was driven on to one end of a
log probably six feetin length, and large
enough around to have the ring fit
tightly, so that it could not be pulled
off. The ring was forced on the stick
six inches or so, the heavy piece Of
wood serving as a hindrance to the
bear when the trap was sprung
on his foot, and he began to retreat to
his tangled haunts. A great deal of
cunning had to be used in setting a
trap for a grizzly, for he is almost
as suspicious as the fox, and
will frequently desert what has
the appearance of good meal
if he makes up his mind that there
is danger lurking near. He would
never hesitate to risk danger that he
could see positively confronting him in
the way of hunter or dog, but sus-
picious-looking object the nature of
which he could not understand was
enough to start him off about some
other business. 1t seems strange to
think of a great, blood-thirsty beast,
weighing twelve hundred pounds, hunt
ing and devouring such insignificant
things as ground mice and moles, and
even grubs and crickets, but a grizzly
bear will do that all day long. After
several failures to trap a big, old griz-
Fly that was prowling about our camp,
I one day thought 1 would try batting
him with ground-mice, and after long
search l secured a dozen of these
squeaking little creatures. I covered
my trap with some small, dead
branches, giving them as natural an
appearance as could, and tied half
dozen mice to pegs in the ground just
beyond the trap. In less than an hour
that bear had one of his great forepaws
in the trap and l loaded him with rifle
balls before he got half a mile away
1t wasn't always possible to get mice
to lure these immense, hulking, swag-
gering bears to the trap, but whenever
/ could do SO I never used any thing
else.-N. Y Sun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18
LOOSENlNG NUTS.
An Annoying Trifie Which Worries Farm
ers at Most Inopportune Times.

An Annoying Trifie Which Worries Farm
ers at Most Inopportune Times.
Where there is vibration or violent
motion of the wood against which it
rests, nut may annoy by becoming
loose. Flattening the end of the bolt,
or obliterating the thread with the
hammer, will stop this, and may be
done in case it may never be desired to
remove the nut; but otherwise differ
ent plan must be adopted. Putting a
soft leather washer under the nut will
often answer, for it will reduce the
motion impaired to the nut, and in
crease the friction. Or the thread on
the bolt may be filled with paint and
the nut secured at once, the article
not being used until the paint
has hardened. As a measure of safety,
leather washer may be put under all
nuts that rest against piece of wood
vibrated or violently moved, especially
if the wood is hard and the surface
smooth.
Very frequently, the difficulty en-
couWered by the farmer, is to loosen a
nut when its removal is desired. The
trouble arises from rust forming be-
tween the nut and the bolt: and this
may be avoided by oiling the bolt be-
fore the nut is put on. Lard, tallow or
castor oil will answer, the last being
the best. The nuts on plows should
never be put on until the thread of the
bolts is oiled; for the only thing to
keep the bolt from turning when the
nut is being taken off, is the small
those" that fits into a notch in the
surface in the share or mold-board.
and considerable force will break off
this nose. When the nose is gone, the
bolt can not be removed without de-
stroying it. Often refractory nut
can be loosened by heating a poker
red-hot and placing its tip against the
end of the bolt; this VIII heat the bolt.
/ causing it to expand, and when it cools
and contracts the tenacity of the nut
will be overcome. But prevention is
better than remedy.-AaericQp Agri.
culturiSt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18
What Would Happen.

'That was very philosophical bit
of poetry that Burns wrote" said Mr..
Lushly to his spouse.
"What do you mean?'' she inquired
suspiciously.
"Why that couplet:
Oh, wad some power the giftie gle US
To see ourseTs as ithers SIZE us.'''
"You like that, do youF'
"Yes, indeed; very much"
"You think You would like to have
the power mentioned?"
81 would, indeed"
"Well, all I've got to say is that if
you had it, you'd go straight to bed
and sign the pledge, and send for a
doctor who knew how to handle first,
class case Of 'tremens,' "-Nerchaa
fragile,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18
A BID FOR PRESENTS,

Remarks of a Legislator who Believes
That 1t Is Better to Receive Than to
Give.
In the Arkansaw Legislature. Mem
Der from Sandstone Knob = 'tMr.
Speaker, [ hope, sir, that you will let
me have few minutes time in which
to place myself square on the record.
Yesterday evening Mr. Buckley Brown,
from Gum Bottoms, said that had ac-
cepted the present of a new hat from a
railroad superintendent, and limited, in
way inclined to sting asensitive man,
that had practically sold myself.
should like to know if there is any
thing in our constitution that prevents
a man from accepting presents. l say
there is not, and, sir, when our consti-
tuition arises and says that l shan't
take every thing that is given to me,
then will | say: Mr.. Constitution, at
tend to your own affairs. Mr.. Speaker,
| am a present taker, and as an en-
couragement to those who may contem-
plate giving me something, let me say
that my capacity for taking presents,
although well developed, has not been
overtaxed. I may also say that the
man who won't take hat and thereby
save himself the expense of buying
one, is composed of a mixture of fool,
liar and thief. I'd be afraid to meet
such a man away out in the woods.
would feel sure that he would knock
me down and rob me. I know of an
affair in my county that strongly illus
trates the dishonesty of men who are
afraid to accept presents. A red.
bearded fellow named Watson went to
work for old man Clark, and made
himself so useful that Clark, who we'll
knew how to appreciate merit, went
to him and said:
'Watson,I never had man that
think more of than do you.
"'Much obleeged to you,' replied
Watson.
"'And have decided, Clark con.
tinued, TO give you my daughter. Lo-
rena.'
Much obleeged to you,' said Wat,
son, but I amt acceptin' any pres
ents.'
"Well NJ. Speaker, that man was so
honest that he would not accept the
daughter as present, but the next
day he ran away with Clari's wife.
Since then have been extremely sus-
picious of men who are too heightened
to accept presents, and to keep other
fair-minded men from suspecing me,
have determined to refuse nothing. -
1,.lIra1 cnar, Ylrna,olo,.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18
TEMPERANCE.
ONE woMAN's WORK.

Christiana Dickson and Her Fight For
Temperance in Pennsylyania's Early
Times.
Many stories are told of the courage
of the women of that early generation
who first broke ground in the forests of
Pennsylvania and Virginia. They
were in constant peril from wild
beasts and from hostile Indians, but
with heroic patience endured hardships
labor and disease. An example of
another kind of courage is preserved
by the descendants of Christiana Dick
son, the wife of one of the first settlers
OF Erie County, Pa. She was small.
blue-eyed, low-voiced woman. ex-
tremely timid by nature; on only one
point she was resolute: She had a hor-
ror OF drunkenness. She lived in the
days when the use of liquor was uni
versal. Whisky was as common a
drink as water among these hardy.
Woodworking pioneers. A Temper
ance or abstinence society was unheard
OA' bi0 NhCu IICI oOuS W6I0 DOTH, SIle
resolved, as far as she could, to put a
stop to whisky drinking in her home.
Her husband being absent from home,
her brothers called for the help of the
neighborS, according to the custom of
the time, to put up a barn needed on
her farm. They all assembled and
went to work, while she prepared a
great dinner. After an hour or two,
whisky was asked for. One of her
brothers came to the house for it; she
refused to provide it, to make her
friends drunk. Her other brothers,
and at last an elder in the church,
came to reason with her; to tell her
that she would be accused of mean
ness. Without a word, the little wom-
an went out to the barn, and barring
her head, stepped upon log and
spoke to them in a faltering voice.
my neighbors," said she, "this is a
strange thing. Three of you are my
brothers, three of you are elders in the
church, all of you are my friends 1
have prepared for you the best dinner
in my power. If you refuse to raise
the barn without liquor, so be it. But
before | will provide whisky to give
you, these timbers shall rot where they
He.''
The men angrily left the work and
went home; the little woman returned
to the house, and for hours cried as
though her heart would break. But
the next day every man came back,
went heartily to work, enjoyed her
good dinner, and said not word about
whisky,
Afterwards the use of whisky at barn
raisings was discontinued in the cOun-
ty. Her sons grew up strong, vigorous
men, who did good work in helping to
civilize and Christianize the world;
their descendants are all of high type
of intellectual and moral men and
women. If she had yielded this little
point they might have degenerated,
like many of their neighbors, into
drunkards and spendthrifts.
Our stout-hearted pioneer forefath-
ers redeemed the land, and drove out
the wild beasts and serpents; but there
are still vices and malignant customs
to be conquered, and for the work we
need women of high souls and gentle
spirits like Christiana Dickson. -
YOUTHS Companion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18
HINTS ON ROAD-MAKING.


| Serious and Very Common Mistakes Made
by County Road Supervisors.
One of the serious mistakes in road
making is to plow up the side bitches
and throw the material, sods, sand and
manure, which the rains have washed
off the road-bed into them, back into
the center of the driveway. This
stuff-sod, sand and loam-is utterly
destructive of the foundation of the
| road. The first rains convert this
loose organic material into slough of
| mud, while hard rain washes it back
into the ditch. In dry season it be-
comes a perfect bed of dust, annoying
to the traveller, destructive to vehicles,
and about as bad as the mud itself.
The surveyor who allows the iniquity
ought to be complained of as an enemy
to society. 1t is surely destructive to
any good road, and it would be better
economy for the town to throw the
money directly into the ditch and let it
lie there,
Another serious and very common
mistake is the neglect to remove the
small, loose, rolling stones which in a
dry time are sure to work up to the
surface of many badly constructed
roads. This is so easy and simple a
matter, and can be so rapidly done
with garden rake, and by cheap and
unskilled labor, that any town is quite
objectionable for neglecting it. Even
very sure-footed horse is liable to
stumble over these rolling stones, and
they make road positively danger
Gus. A town is greatly to blame 1or
failing to remove them promptly and
often.
Another great mistake is in making
the road-bed far too crowning-that is,
in the form of convex circle, with the
center raised foot and sometimes
eighteen inches or more, and the cur
vature at the sides so abrupt as to make
it dangerous to turn out on meeting
carriage, or, at least, to give the driver
feeling of insecurity. Even the
county commissioners of one of our
large counties, who, it would seem,
ought to know better, made the speci-
fications for a road only twenty feet
wide requiring that the road should
Grown in the center no less than
eighteen inches, or one and half in
ten, and they could not be reasoned
out of it. See the result. The con-
Vexity is so great that the middle of the
road is the only place where a carriage
stands upright. The travel all clings
to the middle of the road, wearing one
path for the horse and two ruts for the
wheels, and making the road very un-
even. A road ought to be formed so
as to induce travel over all parts of it.
No road should ever be allowed so
rough as to require a transverse incli-
nation greater than one in twenty,
which for road-bed twenty feet wide
would give a center six inches higher
than the sides. The best road-maker
in England adopted one in thirty, or
six inches curve for road thirty feet
wide, and MacAdam fixed on one in thir-
ty-six, and sometimes made it one in
sixty, or three inches crown in thir-
ty-foot road.-Otd Farmers Almanac.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18

This sentence occurs in the report of
the English Royal commission OH the
Housing of the working-classes,' y
which inquired into the housing of the
poor: eve have been assured by
witnesses that in these wretched
houses, the worst class of houses we
have ever heard of in London, and in
other great towns, you will hardly
ever, if ever, find total abstainer.'
The Marquis of Salisbury asked Rev.
J. w. Horsely if he considered intem-
perance caused the necessity for living
in a slum, the reply being: g Yes;
you can hardly ever find teetotaler
living in slum, with his family all in
one ROOM"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18

In Garnavillo, Ia, where nine
tenths of the population are Germans,
there is not a saloon, and large, we'll
established brewery which has been in
operation for over thirty years, and in
which over S25, 900 in capital is invest
ed, lies idle. The people do not COM
plain. We hope we shall hear no more
about the Germans being unable to get
along without beer.-U Union Signal,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18
Dangers of Beer Drinking.

For some years decided inclination
has been apparent all over the country
to give up the use of whisky and other
strong alcohols, using as substitute
beer and other compounds. This is
evidently founded on the idea that beer
is not harmful, and contains large
amount of nutriment; also that bitters
may have some medical quality which
will neutralize the alcohol which it con-
ceals, etc. These theories are without
confirmation in the observation of ply
sicians. The use of beer is found to
produce species of degeneration of all
the organs; profound and deceptive
fatty deposits, diminished circulation,
condition of congestion and perversion
of functional activities, local infamma-
ton of both the liver and kidneys, are
constantly present Intellectually a
stupor amounting almost to paralysis
arrests the reason, changing all the
higher faculties into a mere animalism,
sensual, selfish, sluggish, varied only
with parOxysms of anger that are sense
less and brutal. In appearance the
beer-drinker may be the picture of
health, but in reality he is most in
capable of resisting disease. A slight
injury, a severe cold or shock to the
body or mind will commonly provoke
acute disease ending fatally.
Compared with inebriates who use
different kinds of alcohol, he is more
incurable and more generally diseased.
The constant use of beer every day
gives the system no recuperation, but
steadily lowers the vital forces 1t is
our observation that beer-drinking in
this country produces the very lowest
kind of inebriety, closely allied to
criminal insanity. The most dangerous
class of ruffians in our cities are beer
j.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-03-18

Nearly three hundred divorces in
Philadelphia last year. Love in that
city seems to be more brotherly than
any thing else. OIL City Blizzard
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-26

lect it and having it in your pocket.
The information cost me but little,
yet l value it at a prodigious figure.
Mrs. w. c. Womack d Co., are
daily receiving and opening their
new stock of Spring and Summer
Millinery goods, ladies furnishing
goods, notions, etc. Miss Maria Co.
mer returned last Monday from the
markets, where she purchased the
stock in person. In variety, elegance
and extensive proportions the stock
will surpass any other ever opened
in MeMinnville. Their dressmak-
ing department has been cut off from
the millinery department by hand
some heavy curtain, and ladies who
wish to have dresses fitted will find
as much privacy there as in their
own homes. We direct attention to
their large advertisement in this is
sue. Read it and give them an early
call.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-26
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Nashville American.
The Senate yesterday killed the
House bill making seduction a felo-
n.y.
Railroad legislation will now be
respectfully deferred for the action of
the next General Assembly.
There were 1922 convicts in the diff
-ferent prisons when visited by the
joint committees.
Mr.. Sparks drink bill, which has
been so widely watched, was defeated
in the Senate yesterday.
1t is very generally remarked that
there is less fer which the present
Legislature can be grumbled at than
any that has met for many years.
Both houses are now trying to
round up for an adjournment. The
probabilities are that the country will
be left in much tie same condition as
when the body met.
The bill for the regulation of rail
roads in accordance with the Inter
State Commerce act, which was con-
sidered yesterday, after lengthy dis
cussion, pro and con, was laid upon
the table. The gentleman from War
rem made a gallant fight for the pas
sage of his bill, but the tide of legis-
lative wisdom pressed too hard the
other way and it found its long home
on the table with an army of Others
equally unfortunate.
A letter was few days since sent
to Senator Harris asking that distin-
guished gentleman to deliver an adj
dress in this city on the current ques-
tons of the day before the adjourn
ment of the Legislature. In answer
to this Senator Harris announced
that he would be on hand himself
and would endeavor to have either
Senator Vest, Beck, or Morgan with
him. They will probably be here
next Saturday night.
The Senate bill known as the
" School House bill" was yesterday
passed on its final reading in the
House, and will become a law. The
bill prohibits the sale of intoxicating
drinks within four miles of any
school-house where there is a school
taught, where the same is not in an
incOrparated town. The school-house
is not required to be chartered insti-
tuition of learning, as now provided
in the four-mile law.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-26
Another Art Craze.

The latest art work among ladies is known
as the "French Craze, }" for decorating china,
glasswase, etc. 1t is something entirely nep,
and is both profitable aud fascinating. 1t is
very popular in New York, Boston and 9TH
er Eastern cities. To ladies desiring to
learn the Art, we will send an elegant china
PLAGUE (size is inches,) handsomely decora'
ted, for model. together with a box of ma.
terial, 100 coored designs assorted in flowers,
animals, soldiers, landscapes, etc, complete
with full instructions, upon receipt of only
Sl.OO. The PLAGUE alone is worth more
than the amount charged. To every lady
ordering this outfit who encloses the address
of five other ladies interested in Art matters,
TO whom we can mail our new catalogue OF
Art Goods, we will enclose extra and with
out charge, beautiful 30 inch gold.tinted
PLAGUE. Address,
THE EMPIRE NEWS CO.,
Syracuse, n. \.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-26
Notice.

DR.. w. G.. Barnes & Son having
formed a partnership, wish to inform
the public that they are now prepared
to practice medicine in its various
branches. One or the other will be
found in Office at the residence of DIR.
w. c. Barnes, unless professionally
absent.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-26

The cost of stopping train of cars
is said to be from forty tosixty cents.
When the train is stopped by another
train, these prices become somewhat
inflated.
Shellbyville Gazette: Texas has fol-
lowed in the footsteps of Tennessee
and submitted the question of prohi-
hibition to popular vote. The meas
ure was carried by large majority
in both houses, and there, as in Ten
nessee, a separate election is to be
held in August.
Young men who have brains, ener-
gy and ambition can make their way
anywhere, but they had better be sure
they possess all of these qualities be-
fore they exchange comfortable homes
in the country for the uncertain prizes
which the city eYtends.-Baltimore
American.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-26
Wanted.
Twill pay % cts per hundred pounds
for old bones delivered at the depot.
d. B. CARSON.
Three Weeks Only.

Mead & Ritchey will continue to
pay 5 cents for hens every Wednes-
day, until and including April 10.
After which they will quit buying
for this season.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-26
Important to Farmers.

The Homestead fertilizer has been
used for many years in this county
by many of our best farmers and
always gives satisfaction. For sale
by Mead & Ritchy, at $500 per
100 pounds. Try few barrels on
your corn and other crops. 1t will
pay.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-10

The committees report further says
The City Attorney informed your com
mittce some time $50 that the Clarke
survey OF the city has never been re-
corded in the clerks Office. and it will
be necessary before it can be done to
have new map made OF the same scale
as the one now in possession OF the city,
which can he done at cost Of SO.
Your committee would respectfully ask
to bc allowed to have the map made and
recorded at once.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-10

that your efforts are not cramped and
limited by deeominational lines, and
that your credentials are found in broad
Christian fellowship. Manifestly, If you
seek 10 teach your eountrymen tolera-
ton, you yourself must be tolerant.
u YOU would teach them loerali-
ty for the opinions OF each you
yourselves must be liberal, and If You
would teach them unselhsh patriotism
you yourselves must be unseltish and
patriotic. There is enough Of the work
in the field you have entered to enlist
the hearty co operation OF all who believe
in the value and efficacy OF Christian
teaching and practice. Your noble mis-
sion If undertaken IN n broad and gen
erous spirit will surely arrest the atten-
ton and respectful consideration Of your
fellow.citizens, and your endeayors, con-
secrated by benevotnce and patriotic
love, must exert a powerful influence IN
the enlightenment and improvement OF
our people,, in illustrating the strength
and stability Of our institutions, and N
advancing the prosperity and greatness
of our beloved land. -
Rev. DR.. Burchard, OF New York (of
"Three RS" famo), WAS among those
presented. The President recognized
him at once. and advancing towards him
said. with considerable eornestness and
fervor. that ne was very GLAD TO see him /;
wheTeupon the crowd OF delegates broke
into hearty laughter.